Combined door check and securer.



UNITED STATES WILLIAM F. SOI-IAGHI,

OF G OS HE N INDIANA.

COMBINED DOOR CHECK AN-ZD- SEGURER.

Application filed July 18,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente.d1)'ec. 8, 1908.

1908.. Seria1.No. 444,224.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. SOHACH'1, of Goshen, in the county ofElkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Oombined'l)oor Check and Securer; and I hereby:declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description.thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which formpart of this specification.

This invention relates to door securersand in particular is animprovement upon: the door-check or holder shown in E. L. Schachtspatent No. 573,300, dated December 15, 1896, which holder comprises twobrackets respectively adapted to be connected; to a door, and to thedoor casing, and twolinks, one of which is pivotally connected. to thebracket attached to the casing and the other of which is adapted to bedetachably engaged with the bracket attached to the door, so as topermit the door to be partly opened and yet prevent it from being openedsufiiciently to permit the entry of, a person; the parts are soconstructed that the door can be held ajar, and the link cannot bedisconnected from the door-bracket until the door is closed.

The present invention provides novel means whereby said patented holdercan be also made to answer as a night-lock, and when the door is fullyclosed the parts can be so adjusted as to make a 'ositive closure forthe door, which cannot e opened until the closure is released from theinside.

The invention will be clearly understood from the accompanying drawingsand the following description of the improvement of the parts for whichprotection is desired, and as set forth in the claims.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a portion ofa door and door frame with the device ap lied thereto; the door beingshown in close position. Fig. 2 is a similar view the door being shownpartly open. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the links in pendentposition. Fig. is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the parts in lockedposition; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of Fig.

The door casing A and the door B may be of any ordinary construction,and are only conventionally illustrated in the drawing to show the modeof applying the device thereto.

1 indicates the door fixture or bracket, which is provided with a base 1secured to the door by screws 1 and is formed with a horizontalprojection 1 having on its extremity upper and lower pins each. of whichhas a head 1. projecting laterally. at one side of the pin as shown; Thetwo; pins are provided upon this bracket to enable the attachment to beapplied to right or lefthand doors with. equal facility.

Attached to the door casing about in the same plane as the bracket 1, isa bracket 2, which is provided. at one end with an aperture forengagement. of. the shank 4 of a in Fig. 1, and said bracket is providedon its inner end, adjacent the door, with a recess 2, in the inner faceof the bracket; and in this part of the bracket is formed two. holes 22,-. through either of which-may be aassed the stem ofa bolt 3, the head3 of w ich is from. turning by its engagement with the sides of therecess, see Fig. 1,. while the threaded portion. of the bolt projectsoutwardly. at right. angles to the bracket, andt on the threaded portionof said. bolt: is a finger.- nut 3 for a purpose hereinafter explained.

Pivotally attached to stud 4 is a link 5, to the free end of which ispivoted a similar link 5 which has in its free end a slot 5corresponding in contour to the shape of heads 1 of pins 1 and when thedoor is fully closed the link 5 can be engaged with the uppermost pin 1by sliding its slotted end over the head of the pin. The mode ofconnecting the links 5, 5', with the brackets 1 and 2, is substantiallysimilar to that described in the aforesaid patent.

In using my improved holder the link 5 is connected to the pin 1 whilethe door is in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 1 and when the dooris partly opened, as shown in Fig. 2, it will be seen that the link 5*,and consequently the aperture 5 therein, will assume such a positionwith respect to the head 1 of the pin 1 that the link cannot be removedor disconnected from the said stud. But when the door is fully closed,the aperture 5 will register with the head 1 and the link 5 may then bereadily raised out of engagement with said stud, the rotatable stud 4permit ting such movement of the said link. When the link 5 isdisengaged from pin 1 the link can assume a pendent position against thecasing, as indicated in Fig. 3, where it will be out of the way, and thedoor may then be opened and closed in the ordinary manner.

When it is desired to use the device as a stud. 4,. pivoted to thebracket as indicated.

concealed.- in the recess 2 and prevented lock to secure the door inclosed position, the link 5 is first disen aged from the pin 1 after thedoor is tight y closed, then the link 5 is swung inward against thebracket 1 and between the nut 3 and the bracket 2; and then nut 3 e isscrewed up against link 5 forcing its free end tightly against thebracket 1, see Figs. 45, and will rigidly secure the door in closedposition. As the stud 4 is pivoted to bracket 2 the links 5, can beeasily adjusted to any desired position. When it is desired to use thedevice as a holder simply the nut is loosened and the link 5 a rengagedwith the pin as shown in Fig. 1.

lhe parts are so proportioned that when the device is used as a holderthe links will not strike nut 3 in the limited movements of the doorpermitted by the device. Two holes are provided in the bracket 2 so thatthe bolt 3 can be adjusted to the lowermost hole, according to whetherthe device is used on a right or left-hand swinging door.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a door-securing device, the combination of a bracket attached tothe door, a bracket attached to the door-casing, links pivotallyconnected to said brackets, a threaded bolt attached to thecasing-bracket, and a thumb-nut on said bolt adapted to engage the linkattached to the door casing to cause it to lock the door in closedposition.

2. The combination of a casing bracket having a recess in one end, and aplurality of holes communicating with said recess, a bolt adapted to bepassed through any one of the holes and have its head engaged in therecess, a nut on said bolt, a door-bracket, and a link pivoted to saidcasing bracket and adapted to engage the door-bracket and be held inengagement therewith by said thumb-nut when it is desired to lock thedoor, and means for detachably connecting the link with thedoor-bracket.

8. In a door-securing device, the combination of a bracket attached tothe casing and having a recess in one end, and a plurality of holescommunicating with said recess, a bolt adapted to be passed through oneof the holes and have its head engage with the re cess, a nut on saidbolt, a door-bracket attached to the door, a link pivoted to said casingbracket and adapted to engage the doorbracket and be held in engagementtherewith by said nut when it is desired to lock the door, and a secondlink for detachably connecting the first link with the door bracket whenthe first link is disengaged from the nut.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesss.

WILLIAM F. SOHAGHT. Vfitnesses ORVILLE L. SIMMONS, EUGENE O. DAVIS.

